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Summary

Entry 51 was posted on October 12th, 2011.
It has the description "51".
In total, this clip is 8:55 long.

Alex and Brian are doing filming for Marble Hornets by rail-road tracks in a forest. They then move to an abandoned building and Alex films more footage of Brian. The Operator appears and the footage distorts. The footage restarts with the camera on the ground. Brian picks up the camera and searches the building and calling for Alex, who is nowhere to be seen. Brian discovers Tim coughing uncontrollably in the corner of a room. The Operator appears in the doorway and the footage freezes again. The camera is once again on the ground and a body is seen being dragged out the door of the room. Someone then picks up the camera and leaves the building.

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[0:00] Black screen; at 0:02, white text appears: "Entry #51"
[0:08] White text on screen: “After spending a few days changing my current location, I found the tape labeled “56-42”.
[0:18] White text on screen: “It contains footage back when Alex was shooting Marble Hornets.”
[0:27] Shot zooming in on some railroad tracks.
[0:33] Brian: Are you recording now?
[0:35] Alex: Yeah, I’m just getting some b-roll.
[0:37] Brian: Alright. Where’s Seth at?
[0:39] Alex: Uh, we came out here yesterday and he wasn’t feeling too good so he just stayed home today.
[0:45] Brian: Oh, that sucks.
[0:52] Alex: Alright, um, what I’m gonna do for this is I’m just gonna set up right here so you can’t see my shadow, uh, and we’ll have you walk along the frame, starting where you are.
[1:05] Brief video glitch.
[1:06] Brian: Alright, we ready?
[1:07] Alex: Yeah, just walk along. If you wanna walk on the rail, that’s fine. Just reflective and just, uh, keep on going, I’ll tell you when you’re out of the frame again.
[1:17] Brian: Okay. Cool, cool.
[1:18] Brian walks, balanced on one of the rails, down the tracks.
[1:23] Brian: Are we allowed to talk now or is this silent?
[1:25] Alex: Yeah, I’m just gonna put music over it.
[1:27] Brian keeps walking. He says something unintelligible.
[1:37] Alex: Okay, that’s good. Come on back.
[1:39] Brian: Alright.
[1:40] Shot of Brian looking down and smiling at first, then just staring at the ground.
[1:51] Alex and Brian walking through an open field. Alex turns to Brian, who’s laughing at something.
[2:18] Brian: I’m just gonna stare off in the distance like I don’t care.
[2:23] Alex and Brian walk up to the hospital annex.
[2:24] Brian: So, what is this place?
[2:26] Alex: Uh, I think it was like an old doctor’s office or something. Um, when Seth and I were out here yesterday, we found it and I thought it looked cool so I figured we could come here and get some shots.
[2:38] Brian: It’s kinda creepy.
[2:40] Alex: Yeah. It’s got the whole burned out building feel to it.
[2:45] Alex and Brian enter the building and start walking down the hall.
[2:48] Brian: So, like what are we gonna be shooting in this part?
[2:50] Alex: I figured I would just get some b-roll. We can just say it’s Brian’s old elementary school or something like that that burned down. Another reflective spot.
[2:59] Brian: Are you sure we’re not going to get into trouble for being here?
[3:01] Alex: Yeah, I mean, like, it’s a burned out building. Who cares?
[3:06] Brian: We might need to leave after we get this shot done, dude.
[3:09] Alex: We’ll make it quick.
[3:13] Cut to a shot of a different hallway.
[3:14] Alex: Aright, go ahead.
[3:15] Brian walks from behind Alex and down the hall.
[3:17] Brian: Am I supposed to be silent?
[3:20] Alex: You were.
[3:21] Brian: Oh. My bad.
[3:24] Alex: Whatever.
[3:30] Brian: I feel like this whole film’s walking.
[3:33] Cut to Brian looking out of a window.
[3:39] Alex: Okay.
[3:40] Brian: Alright. We good?
[3:41] Cut to shot of Brian staring at a wall.
[3:45] Brian: What is this part supposed to mean?
[3:50] Alex sighs. Brian reaches out and starts picking paint chips off of the wall.
[3:58] Cut to Brian setting up a tripod.
[4:03] Brian: I am so awesome at this.
[4:04] Brief audio and video glitch.
[4:12] Alex: Alright, what I want you to do is just come up and lean against this door.
[4:17] Brian: Alright.
[4:18] Brian walks over to the door and leans against it, putting his head on the door.
[4:19] Brian: Like that?
[4:21] Alex: Yeah. And just kinda lean your head up against it and keep your head down. I’m gonna do a few shots of this, uh, zoomed in.
[4:28] Brian: Okay. Hands in the pockets?
[4:31] Alex: Yeah, keep the hands in the pocket.
[4:33] Brian stands up straight and begins coughing.
[4:34] Alex: Alright, I’m rolling.
[4:35] Brian keeps coughing and walks out of the frame.
[4:41] Alex: Good take.
[4:47] Brian is back leaning against the door.
[4:50] Alex: Alright, I’m shooting.
[4:52] Brian looks down the hallway behind him.
[4:53] Brian: Um, are you sure we should be here?
[4:56] Alex: It’s fine, Brian.
[4:58] Brian: I’m just wondering. I don’t want someone to like walk in and us get like arrested or something.
[5:02] Alex: Well, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can leave so let’s…
[5:07] Brian: Okay.
[5:08] Brian leans his head back against the door.
[5:10] Alex: Bear with me.
[5:14] Screen goes black. Video comes back at 5:17 to a still picture of Brian still leaned against the door with the Operator behind him in the hallway. The picture stays still until 5:23 when a brief glimpse of the Operator standing right in front of the camera flashes onscreen, followed by a black screen.
[5:27] A small amount of audio distortion. Video returns at 5:31 with the camera laying on the ground. Neither Alex or the Operator are there anymore. Footsteps on glass can be heard in the background.
[5:44] Brian: Alex! Alex, where are you?
[5:49] Brian picks up the camera and begins walking down the hall, searching for Alex. He yells Alex’s name a few more times as he’s searching.
[6:27] Coughing can be heard off in the distance. Brian runs in the direction of the sound, still yelling for Alex.
[6:32] Brian: Alex, where are you? Alex!
[6:36] Brian enters a room and finds Tim sitting on the floor, covered in his jacket and a blanket and coughing violently.
[6:40] Brian: Tim? Tim! Alex! Seriously, come on!
[6:45] Audio distortion starts just before Brian turns to face the door. The Operator is standing in the doorway. The video freezes and goes black at 6:49.
[6:50] Quick glitched video and audio.
[6:54] Shot of Brian’s legs sticking out of the doorway. He is dragged through the doorway and out of sight. Alex leaves the room that Brian was dragged into and picks the camera up. He starts walking out of the hospital. Screen goes black at 8:01.
[8:05] White text on screen: “As usual, the tape has no date on it, so I don’t know when this took place during the production.”
[8:12] White text on screen: “Did Alex lead everyone to a place like this and leave them there like he did with Brian, and possibly Tim?”
[8:26] Video from the end of Entry #22 starts with Alex saying “Seth is gone.” White text over video: “If that’s the case, was Alex lying in the footage at the end of Entry #22 or does he really not remember?” The video clip ends at 8:50.

Main Theories and Observations

The person who picks up the camera right after (presumably) Brian is dragged off-screen is wearing the same pants and unique shoes as in entry 50. At 7:22 it can be seen that his left shoe is laced with black laces while his right is laced with white.

If Alex did not give this tape to Jay, perhaps there are other tapes from the filming of Marble Hornets that Alex kept.

Alex's voice sounds nervous and uncertain in some parts when talking to Brian.

This one of the four entries where more than one person meets the operator, other examples are Entry 46Entry 26 and Entry 12.

Further Speculation

Even though it is not confirmed whether or not The Operator is able to change its height or if it stays the same height, here we can see that it is very tall indeed. At the 5:24 mark, the camera distorts and The Operator is seen to be standing almost right next to Brian for a frame. Brian's head is only about as tall as the bottom of The Operator's 'tie'. ~ Enquirer

At 6:19 it sounds distinctly like there's a gun being loaded. Perhaps Alex shot him with it. The question would be, then, why wouldn't he have just shot Tim last night? ~mytyde

Brian wasn't looking at the Operator as he approached. This could be irrelevant or could be a clue as to how the Operator 'operates'.

If Alex led Brian here to be taken by the Operator, it is likely that Entry 22 was the same situation except with Seth.

"Where's Seth at?" "We came out here yesterday, but he wasn't feeling too good so he stayed home today"

I think from this it's safe to assume this was uploaded the day after Entry 22. As the above commenter noted, Alex must have been intending to do the same thing to Brian as he did to Seth.

"Brian is gone." From Entry 22. While it would certainly seem that "Seth isn't feeling well" is a lie to explain his absence, based on what Alex said in Entry 22, this has to have come before. Unless he was lying in both cases. That doesn't make much sense, though, so Seth must have just stayed home.

This one of the four entries where more than one person meets the operator, other examples are Entry 46Entry 26 and Entry 12. Not sure if there's any significance to that, but it seems noteworthy that he generally follows and scares individuals.

It almost sounds as though Alex is definitely being controlled by the Operator, but at the same time able to think for himself and think out how he does the "job". At the same time though, this could possibly contradict his actions in Entry 49 when he brutally and irrationally killed the man before the Operator took the body away. ~Seraph825

The body being dragged has to be Brian's because of his red shirt. Was his black Jacket stolen? ~Seraph825

Was Brian aware of Slender Man's presence? He seemed pretty paranoid at the beginning acting, almost like he really didn't want to be there when asking if they were allowed to be there. ~Seraph825

*It's possible that when Tim is found lying in a corner coughing, he could have just awoken from being Masky(due to the seemingly random location), and was reacting to The Operator's presence